Here's an interesting statement from Charlie Teo. Does anyone know of these studies? I can't find them in Pubmed or on Google Scholarpic.twitter.com/LawsXQpWjd
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And here's an interesting study. Of 34 patients operated on by Dr. Teo, 8 died with an average follow-up of 3 years, which is 24% Not sure how that compares to neurosurgery for childhood cancer in general, however, as there's no controlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00381-008-0647-z …
How about this one and the Commentary (the paper itself not so much but the commentary puts it in perspective) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20563727/ …
Another interesting study. I did find the additional commentary to be very, um, interesting
Only a peer review by neurosurgeons could really discern the relevance and relativity of these studies. Neuro tumours can be biologically malignant or benign but fatal depending on the anatomical location. Judgement of the damage done vs probability of benefit is key.
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